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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pat claim as he leaves Lila's bedroom?
(a) He has an appointment.
(b) He feels sick.
(c) He has a headache.
(d) He is tired.

2. What has Lila inherited?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) A yacht.
(c) A car.
(d) An estate.

3. What does Pat notice about the downtown of Capitol City?
(a) It is full of new buildings.
(b) It has hardly changed.
(c) It has become more upscale.
(d) It has become slum-like.

4. After the run-in with Madeline, what does Doc tell Pat on the drive to the house?
(a) He is dying.
(b) His employees are not allowed to fraternize.
(c) He is divorcing his wife.
(d) The front lawn needs mowing.

5. After questioning Pat, what does Doc determine?
(a) Pat has an excellent memory.
(b) Pat is a terrible liar.
(c) Pat has a vivid imagination.
(d) Pat is very polite.

6. What does Pat do to Lila in Chapter 15?
(a) Pat slaps Lila.
(b) Pat flirts with Lila.
(c) Pat pushes Lila out of the room.
(d) Pat fixes her hair.

7. When Pat revisits the diner, where does he sit?
(a) On a roadside bench.
(b) At the counter.
(c) In his car.
(d) In a dark corner.

8. Which of the following is not included with Pat's new job?
(a) Generous pay.
(b) An automobile.
(c) A meal allowance.
(d) An expense account.

9. How long has Myrtle served as the Commissioner of Corrections?
(a) Thirty years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Five years.

10. Where did Pat grow up?
(a) A small rural town.
(b) Capitol City.
(c) A rough urban neighborhood.
(d) The suburbs.

11. Where do Doc and Pat drive to in Chapter 5?
(a) The State Capital building.
(b) Senator Burkman's office.
(c) The public library.
(d) Back home.

12. What does Pat spend a few days wondering about?
(a) How to find a better job.
(b) How to avoid Lila.
(c) How to extricate himself from Doc's plans.
(d) How to confess his feelings to Madeline.

13. What does Pat contemplate while at the diner?
(a) Social corruption.
(b) The recession.
(c) Urban sprawl.
(d) Ecological destruction.

14. What does Pat do when he sees Madeline for the first time?
(a) Pat ignores her.
(b) Pat asks her for directions.
(c) Pat follows her.
(d) Pat introduces himself.

15. Who follows Pat out of town with Myrtle?
(a) A policeman.
(b) Madeline.
(c) Governor Clay.
(d) Doc.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Myrtle kept her position for so long?

2. Whom does Pat meet with in Capitol City?

3. What does Pat remove as he talks to the parole officer?

4. After Doc picks Pat up from prison, where do they drive towards?

5. What do Madeline and Pat do together while he visits her at her apartment?

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